Chapter 89

No one could clearly predict what the future held for him, but it was certain that he would no longer have the time to run this noodle shop. It would be better to sell it now.

He posted the shop transfer advertisement, left his contact information, and took one last look at the old shop before pulling down the roller shutter.

He casually found a restaurant for lunch, then bought some fruit and beer and returned to the basement.

With a light snap of his fingers, the lights in the basement gradually turned on, and the twelve screens next to the main unit also lit up. Chen Yang opened a can of beer, sat in the chair, and checked his account balance.

4,750,605!

Chen Yang, who hadn't checked his account balance for a long time, was slightly surprised. He hadn't expected that "Endless Stars" would bring such a huge income in just two weeks. After all, this game wasn't carefully operated like other mobile games; Chen Yang and Right Hand had more or less let it "survive on its own."

Even so, after two weeks, the benefits brought by "Endless Stars" were so enormous. If it were like other games with a series of paid services, this number would likely double.

Chen Yang moved his mouse and clicked on the feedback from the players' mobile information, including a large number of phone numbers, text messages, and important passwords for banks and Alipay, as well as photos of the owners or their relatives.

A total of 350,000 paying players!

According to the program written by Right Hand, this massive amount of player information, based on their contact details, was processed through cloud computing and simulation, forming a vast distribution map on the screen.

From Qinghai to Yunnan, from the northwest to the northeast, from North China to Hainan, and even a small number of overseas Chinese, "Endless Stars" players were almost everywhere in China on the Asian map!

Knowing these people's personal secret information, under broad probability calculations, every five people were connected by a line. Through these complex and vast connection lines, strangers, whether they knew each other or not, and hundreds of thousands of players, were closely linked, finding millions of others.

Such a vast personal information database, though not comparable in quantity to some large companies, was far superior in quality and detail.

Chen Yang could even use this information database to commit some illegal acts, which would cause the biggest economic case of the year and trigger social shock. And with the continued popularity of "Endless Stars," this database would continue to expand...

In the plan discussed with Right Hand, to build a massive project like the Three Gorges Dam, it would inevitably require the support of national political power, along with terrifying power and funds, all of which were indispensable.

So, the first source of huge funds must have a legal and reliable procedure, at least on the surface, to appear as if it were money laundering and legal.

Therefore, forming a super multinational company was the plan proposed by Right Hand, which Chen Yang also agreed with.

However, a super multinational company couldn't be established just by talking. The initial foundation also needed to be laid. In this regard, Chen Yang planned to first establish a game company and launch the PC version of "Endless Stars." Given the excellent quality of "Endless Stars," once the PC version was launched, it would easily attract "gold" worldwide, with an expected annual profit of over hundreds of millions.

After that, using this fund, the next step of the plan could be carried out.

However... these were still just plans on paper. To implement them, at least the components of Right Hand needed to be found first.

Chen Yang clicked into the "Endless Stars" forum and found that the number of followers had already reached 280,000, with over 8 million posts, making it a large forum.

To develop to this extent in less than a month, compared to other forums, the activity level of "Endless Stars" forum members was extremely high. A new post would receive dozens of replies in no time.

There were many posts from new players seeking help, but there were also many high-quality posts with personal insights. When Chen Yang clicked into the forum, he happened to see a pinned post where someone was live-streaming the game.

He connected his phone to the computer and streamed through Douyu, with over 12,000 viewers. Fortunately, Chen Yang had a 100M broadband connection, so he wasn't worried about lag and joined the stream.

He was also quite curious about how the game's factions had evolved after two weeks.

The live streamer was called "Wanderer," a well-known "Endless Stars" streamer and one of the small forum administrators. Each live stream attracted a large number of players, and as soon as the stream started, the screen was filled with comments, almost covering the entire screen.

"Alright, the current moon siege battle is still intense. As you can see, the Free Emblem's warships are down to less than 20% of their initial strength. It looks like Supreme Honor is almost certain to win... which means that Supreme Honor will become the largest faction in the game, leading all the players..."

"Hey, wait, that's... the Flame Lance cruiser PX-3000. Ha, the mantis catches the cicada, but the oriole is behind. I didn't expect Flame Lance to break the agreement with Supreme Honor. Look, didn't I say this before? No matter how good the agreement, it's just a piece of paper when faced with interests. Would Flame Lance let Supreme Honor become the leader? Impossible."

In the game, just as Supreme Honor was about to clear out the remaining Free Emblem, they were unexpectedly ambushed by Flame Lance, instantly finding themselves in a difficult situation. A large number of warships and aircraft were destroyed, and the situation quickly became chaotic. Even the remaining Free Emblem seized the opportunity and fought back with all their might.

A favorable situation was suddenly overturned!

This was unexpected by many viewers.

"Damn, Flame Lance's secrecy is impressive. They really fooled everyone."

"Hehe, not necessarily. Everyone thought the agreement was unreliable. Didn't the people of Supreme Honor think of this?"

"Hey, you're right. The agreement seemed unreliable. Why didn't the people of Supreme Honor take more precautions?"

"Because..."

"Wanderer" seemed to see the comments and turned the game view to the Mars region: "I just received news that Supreme Honor's backup forces have been blocked by the House of Strangers, Dragon Knights, Ice Rock, and Giant Bandits."

The audience: "..."

In the next moment, the screen was instantly filled with comments, and everyone was shouting, "How is this possible?"

Who would have thought that so many factions, who usually didn't get along, would join forces at this moment?

But at the same time, everyone felt the excitement of the united front against the invaders, immediately focusing their attention on the Mars battle zone.

Many people couldn't wait and didn't have the patience to watch the live stream. They took out their phones, logged into the game, and rushed to the Mars battlefield like mad.

But it might be too late...

No faction had yet built a stargate for wormhole travel. It would take about seven to eight hours in real time to travel from Earth to Mars. By the time these players reached the Mars battlefield, the allied forces might already be cleaning up.

Chen Yang, sitting in front of the computer, pondered for a moment. From the current situation, the game was running smoothly, and everything was going well. This game had also attracted the attention of many companies, but due to Chen Yang and Right Hand not leaving any official contact information, these companies could only stare helplessly, unable to find Chen Yang despite their efforts.

As for the ID used for the upload, what a joke. It would be truly bizarre if they could find him from a photo.

Chen Yang and Right Hand had no interest in dealing with those companies' schemes. Letting them search and guess all over the world was a good thing.

Now, Chen Yang saw that the various factions in the game had developed sufficiently. Humans had basically built a prosperous trade circle from Earth to the Moon to Mars, with over 350,000 players online in a single game server, which was a terrifying number.

The spaceport of the Moon X-1 colony saw dozens of spaceships taking off and landing every minute, with thousands of players crowding the colony, engaging in various transactions and alliances.

Such a large community game would inevitably attract more players. According to the current player growth rate, it might create a huge mobile game miracle.

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